Leaving port from Superior, Wisconsin on a sunny November day, the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald is looking forward to a routine crossing of deep Lake Superior.
The Legend of Sleeping Bear was Nick\'s first book and has sold more than 200,000 copies..
The Edmund Fitzgerald is Nick\'s 13th children\'s book with Sleeping Bear Press.
He immigrated to the United States in 1976.
Born in the Netherlands, Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen, or Nick as he prefers to be known, studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Holland.
The Edmund Fitzgerald is her 10th book with Sleeping Bear Press.
She lives in the woods of northern Michigan with her family.
Atmospheric paintings from award-winning artist Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen bring the story to life.
The author of the best-selling books The Legend of Sleeping Bear and The Legend of Mackinac Island, Kathy-jo Wargin aims to help young readers notice the most intricate details of a story by adding the nuances that create magic and wonder in a good tale.
This suspenseful retelling of the last hours of the doomed vessel pays homage to all sailors who traverse deep waters, in fair skies and foul.
But disaster is building in the wind as a gale storm begins to track after the great ship.
Heading for a port in Cleveland, the giant transport ship is loaded with ore that will be used to build cars.
Leaving port from Superior, Wisconsin on a sunny November day, the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald is looking forward to a routine crossing of deep Lake Superior
